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黑hak1白baak6無mou4常soeng4

simp黑白无常
hak1 baak6 mou4 soeng4haak1 baak6 mou4 soeng4Hēi Bái Wú cháng

English

  1. (Chinese folk religion) Heibai Wuchang: two deities, one dressed in black and the other in white, responsible for escorting the spirits of the dead to the underworld
  2. "Black and White Impermanence", a pair of subordinates of deities in charge of the netherworld in the folk religion in East Asian cultural sphere, who escort the spirits of the dead. One of them has a black face in a black robe, another a white face in a white robe.

粵語 — Cantonese

  1. 東亞文化圈民間宗教中,陰間神明轄下一對負責勾攝魂魄嘅下屬;黑無常形象為黑面黑袍、白無常形象為白面白袍

Sources: cc-cedict, rime-cantonese, words.hk

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